Self-lubricating bearing.



G. H. MOORE.

SELF LUBRIGATING BEARING.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21, 1911.

1,064,520. 4 Patented June 10, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co.,wAsmNu1ON n c CLARENCE H. MOORE, OF CINCINNATI,OHIO.

SELF-LUBRICATING BEARING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1913.

Application filed November 21, 1911. Serial No. 661,493.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Self-Lubricating Bearings,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bearings and more particularly to selflubricating bearings for rotating shafts.

The object of the invention is to provide a. simple and efficient. meansfor lubricating the shaft which obviates the use of force teed system orlike devices and also release the engineer from applying constantattention to each bearing.

Further objects of this invention will ap pear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a verticalsectional view through the shaftbearing. Fig. 2 is a top plan view withthe cover removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 2.Fig. t is a similar section on the line tl of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the bearing is constructedof upper and lower halves 1 and 2 connected together in any suitablemanner, and a cover 3 which is applied to the upper half to inclose theparts and to prevent the entrance of foreign matter. Each of the parts 1and 2 are constructed so as to permit the passage and free rotation ofthe shaft 4- and at each end of the member 1 arecess or depression isformed which produces an oil well 5. Keyed to the shaft and operatingwithin each well are teed wheels 6 which pick up from the well and carrya predetermined quantity of oil according to the size of the wheel toscrapers 7 carried by the upper half. These scrapers have their edgeslying upon the wheel and their sides are flanged, as shown at 8, toprovide a channel for conducting the oil. The inner flange of eachscraper is cut away on its sides so as to produce a port 9 whichcommunicates with the groove or channel 10 formed in the upper half 2and concealed by the cover or top 8. This channel communicates with atransverse channel 11 which has its opposite end in communication with aport- 12 leading directly to the center of the axle. The port 12communicates with the longitudinal groove 13 formed in the upper member:2 and a similar groove 14 arranged in the lower member immediatelybelow the groove 13.

In, the operation of the device, the wheels pick up the lubricant in thewells 5 and conduct it to the scrapers which remove the same and conductit to the groove 10, which groove 10 is inclined on opposite ends towardthe groove 11 so that the lubricant will run to said groove 11 fromeither end and be conducted thereby to the port or bowl 12.

hat is claimed is A self lubricating bearing comprising a box having acentral boss arising therein and forming with the box wells on oppositesides of the boss and a communi :ating channel between the wells, ashaft resting upon the boss, feed wheels carried by the shaft andoperating in the wells, a cap piece secured upon the boss and holdingthe shaft in position said cap piece having a flange overhanging thecommunicating channel and having channels formed in the upper sidethereof extending from the wells to the center of the box and throughthe upper part to the axle. trough-shaped members carried by the flangeand resting against the feed wheels to remove the oil therefrom and toconduct the same to the channels, and a top or cover for the box.

in testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE H. MOORE.

lVitnesses RALPH H. Tivo'r'r, Louis Bonx.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

